we're glad you're with us this morning. 6:00 a.m. on the east coast at the border tax battle. making the chase begins the tax on imports. it will make consumer prices higher taken a closer look straight ahead. fox news pulls out and cutting taxes and the economy. the fallout over flynn continues this morning. white house press secretary sean spicer explained in the resignation of michael flynn as advisor was about trust, not flynn's actual conversation with russia's ambassador. >> even as they are conducting his job, preparing for his job, going back and forth with counterparts throughout the world. without these world leaders: the president congratulated him, looking to set up calls when he was inaugurated. but this counterparts throughout the world. from day one, the white house counsel. the issue plain and simple came down to a matter of trust. the

>> new development that clinton was questioned by the fbi. fox news learned that law-enforcement officials looking to connections between russia and china campaign is including ken a miniature pot metaphor. discuss the latest imac. take a look at futures indicate another valid for the dow industrials at the opening trading. fed chair janet yellen. yesterday she signaled they may consider raising rates at its meeting next month. markets right now not too far from the flat line. comments lifting stocks around the world or european indices, gains across the board of major averages at the third of a percent each. in asia overnight, strong gains in japan and hong kong. nikkei average, hang seng up better than 1%. the worst drivers are no longer the youngest that no one else had the riskiest behavior for

getting behind the wheel. we'll bring that to you as well. starbucks expanding beyond coffee. offerings that include i.c.e. cream ahead. treated me to talk about it, fox business network dagen mcdowell, forward fraser to david cameron and contributor steve hill cinemas here and mitch rochelle. good to see you. >> good morning. maria:elcome bk. dagen: i guess nothings happening. i miss you. maria: i miss you. i like your take and salvage this morning. michael flynn. was going on with the trump administration? so much to talk about. >> lab will talk about economics to end things in my topic is the key thing trump was elected to deliver. dagen: yes we are because of the fox news poll is that americans want to see. and to what is this turmoil jeopardize that agenda?

maria: a great lineup today. stay with sbc judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. founder and ceo of loverly, canada's military. tennessee congressman marsha black earned as well as founder and ceo, really an expert on longevity and aging. singer-songwriter, grammy winner and author of this life i live, marie feick as well. big show ahead. retail ceos heading to the white house today and they have hoping to make their case against implementing a border adjustment tax. donald trump will meet with executives from target, best buy, autozone among others. retailers in the white house today. yesterday the president talked about all the progress he's making in terms of creating jobs. billionaire entrepreneur mark cuban waited last night on fox.

>> we are bringing back jobs big leap. bringing them back into my novel. the energy jobs are coming back to see what's going on with the stock market. they know that we know what we are doing. >> eve mating with all of these companies, that he had said that to the point we understand that the nature of work is changing. technology is changing how people are higher for jobs are going to do. shuffling deck chairs on the titanic are going to talk into this kind is in dealing with five and 10 and 25,000 jobs at a time. maria: the conversation of jobs. let's talk about that for a second. do you think ceos can convince the president that a border tax is not where we should be going? trump said he found the house republican tax proposal too complicated. he wasn't a fan from the beginning.

>> let's talk about border adjustment tax. the retail industry doesn't like it and i'll tell you why. the aerospace industry likes it. the retail industry doesn't placate because they say 50% increase in the price of goods. that translates to $1700 per family and the first year. put it in perspective. last year an average of $1500 on holiday shopping. they really could mess up the retail industry. maria: with the importers have to pay more at the border, they will raise prices. >> they have to raise prices. they are suffering in many respects. decrease the cost by something significant and the next thing you know, there comes the profits. working on very narrow margins. maria: that the argument about but not all retailers think it's a bad idea. expert companies that would come to generate electric incisors support an import tax. steve hilton, isn't this a tax

on the second catch up to the rest of the world? countries have either a flat tax or a border adjustment tax. >> is a real fairness argument. a double taxation going on for companies producing things in other countries. the companies can offset their own taxes and also you have these can do my taxes. this would create a level playing field at the the argument. actually, i'm with the president on this. too complicated is a good word for it. things that are complicatcomplicat ed should get complicated should get in the way of entrepreneurs and business and there are simpler ways to achieve the fairness' entry that he might be looking for. overall anything bigger point which is the tax change that will make the biggest difference in this country is actually the big corporate tax cut in the repatriation tax cuts. those things he promised an

election campaign are the things we need to see quickly and things have turned about. that is going to take obama carried someone. i just don't understand why they can't get on with it and deliver that part of it. that will do more than this other things. dagen: what is the most important thing to try to do in his first 100 days new fox news poll? number one, 52% say cut taxes. number two, 49%. that is the most day for america. not only are president tribes economic instincts right. we know his political instincts are on parallel. politically, a border adjustment tax raises prices to reach a level that raises the cost of gasoline potentially. nobody in their right mind would vote for that. be assured that it would happen. these retail ceos are saying the opposite. i know those are the discussion

among even republican congressman, lake are we going to do some of that raises taxes on our constituents, even if it targeted at wal-mart. the answer is no. maria: how do you raise revenue? there's an argument to be made udall. gop says we want this to be revenue neutral in the border tax rate is a trillion dollars. >> make and it is a real challenge, especially for headwind this complication. the argument with a corporate tax benefit and you'll get the savings they are. but not if you take profits away american people want simplifications. >> a better way to achieve a good name is to cut spending. too much waste in government spending. >> he's got a hiring freeze in

terms of jobs. dagen: exact way. the job creation in government. there's been job losses in the last four. again, if there's an eye towards cutting spending at the federal level, that certainly helps. art laffer has been in the program saying a broad-based tax reform you worry about the revenue down the road. dagen: he had the border adjustment tax. maria: unisom at this yesterday. that would increase the tax on these companies. that is pie-in-the-sky working it out on paper. and in the real world. dagen: expletive, expletive,

expletive. maria: american feeling optimistic. things are getting better for both have better. the economy will be stronger here from now. do you think we're on an upward trend is in the midst of corporate earnings up almost 7% in the fourth quarter. >> we are fecund father's day. they need to get on with it. the expectations that they are. i'm sure trump wants to match them. so far he's not pushing back enough. this is all very difficult. he was elected to shake things up and change businesses. >> optimism helps the economy and if we can keep the optimism of ohio to help the economy. maria: lets leave it there. we will take a short break. a tornado safety through

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trade to severe storms pushing through texas. cheryl casone with the details and headlines. reporter: good morning. strong strains with tornadoes that hit the houston matcher area yesterday damaging homes and businesses. at least seven people were hurt. she said resident described the tornadoes that touched on this property. >> it looks like a photo club is a small turn into that touched all the way to the ground. it does go clockwise like they said. it definitely is a trained town. maria: crew still working to restore power. and orville california, returning to their homes. they caution the danger may not be over yet to hit that area

today. they have been racing to shore up the emergency spillway since the weekend when more than 100,000 people were forced to evacuate. another news this morning. one of the biggest activist funds to build up of more than $3 billion stake in procter & gamble. the consumer company yesterday of course sent p&g much higher. also watching the earning three this morning. investors going to the eye and the soda maker progress on new noncarbonated offerings. also getting to the energy business as well. consumer tastes have been changing. big day for hotel stocks. before that they'll come out and expected to report flat fourth-quarter earnings at 65 cents a share.

revenue under $3 billion. back to you. trained to be sent through the fourth quarter is much better than they. now it almost 7%. x .9%. dagen: is to move on, delicate tougher and tougher unless you can get this done, massoud could make some of the corporate side. for now, the world looks great. look at how apple stock is recently. it's nice to see so much optimism about what many people could see if the technology dinosaur. trade to all of a sudden to all of a sudden it's the optimism the company will be able to generate. >> i think the optimism is based on the survey says and the fact they are moving beyond hardware.

>> at not just the device. the revenue streams those kinds of businesses have and how they will be tied into the retail industry. if you look at online shopping, 80%. still a lot of growth in retail in the mobile space which would be a big part of. maria: that is a good number. >> people don't trust putting author information out there. still a tremendous amount of growth >> facebook announced a grant, the way it delivers that. with one click if you buy it now, get 50% off on the kashmir scarves. one click with apple pay you can click on it and north korea. you're done. incredible potential.

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maria: markets that can mix this morning. another record high for the dow jones industrial average great investors encouraged by president policy plans. said chairwoman janet yellen said it was too early to know the impact. >> economic policies. it is too early to know what policy changes are how economic effects will unfold people it is not my intention to opine on spending proposals, i will point on that economic growth and raising americans of being standards with policy if -- traded tremendous now, good to see you. what do you think?

anything that surprised you didn't move rockets and what you expect today? >> remake, which inflation is not necessarily bad. coming out of a set president, that is very important obviously she's at the theater not really concerned. his deplorable, the rate is still very high compared to the overall unemployment rate. maria: it does not include. >> part-time workers. it is really none%. it was down and 2000 done to fix

this. that's a big difference. that is really the same constituency. really on the same page as what they're looking to do and how they will do it. basically fiscal policy is not a mass. you tell us what you're going to do. >> is there anything about regulatory change his >> there is an excite towards the end but the senator from nevada. housing rates were 350,000. wired regional banks under dodd-frank and why are they still being persecuted basically is what he said. why are they under data from a been there and not the cause of

the housing not done. that's another positive for the market. >> when you look at that point back to the 50s, it does nothing but fall. >> obviously have baby boomers rolling off and just walk out because the apple pay your. maria: i just said that. >> so many people on the sidelines. read around the time trump was inaugurated, it picked up. two tenths of 1%. >> ceo optimism came back to your point.

optimism cost nothing. optimism is nothing in trump is great. he's followed ronald reagan's playbook. fortress and that's the group $3.3 billion departure, acquiring an asset manager from the technology company. the bigger deals down the road. i think also if you look at the overall market, 2017 usc a lot more m&a. 2016 goldman sachs didn't pay their bankers for the whole year. there's a lot of deals waiting

to be done now that the election is over to see about our deals. this is a prime climate. the values of the companies are going higher. stock deals. look at procter & gamble. procter & gamble is flat for 20 years to companies like merck without -- >> that's what i'm saying. maria: you've been all over this. back in november he said that. where are you now? >> the seventh inning. what knox markets into bear markets is some type of blacks

on obviously. we don't really see any for a blog time we don't see a don't see in nature and optimism. the market is telling us and things are going to be good picks, 12, 18 months ahead. we are good right now. they could knock everything. >> the other thing is not getting on with it quickly enough. i suspect you could keep the optimism going. this president has no honeymoon. he's been under to rest all time. the administration is being attacked from all sides. more departures right now coming out of it. six months from now things to be taken down. good to see you. thanks so much.

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maria: good wednesday morning, welcome back, i'm maria bartiromo, thank you so much for joining us today. it is wednesday february 15th,

top stories right now, 6:30 a.m. on the east coast. lawmakers on both sides of the i'll calling for an investigation. >> one of the things chairmans make quite clear, i emphasize this as well, we are going to follow this where the intelligence and facts lead. >> we are concerned every time intelligence is talked about, just the mere fact that we might hold intelligence about certain thing, about a certain issue leads individuals to look at where we might have gotten from that's dangerous. maria: fox news learned that law enforcement officials are looking into connections between russia and trump campaign aide including former campaign manager paul manafort. the governor of illinois to add

more state troopers to protect the city. the escalating situation coming up. hazard ahead, millennials, why triple a is labeling the generation most dangerous drivers on the road. anthem filing a lawsuit against cigna for terminating the merger agreement between the companies. both deals are off. anthem, cigna and humana-etna. stocks coming off of a record day yesterday. take a look at where we stand. all-time high today with a gain about 20 points. the other averages flat to lower. federal chair janet yellen signaled they may consider raising rates. comments lifted stocks around the world, in europe gains across the board this morning as you'll see here. the ftse about a half a percent. cac quarante up a half a percent. earnings coming up fast this morning, pepsco topping

estimates right -- overnight. better than 1%. starbucks looking for a way to perk you up. the frozen treat you can get with your cup of joe. that's coming up first the fallout of general flynn's resignation. bipartisan calls for investigation for the former national security adviser over talks with russian embassador. yesterday white house press secretary sean spicer said flynn broke no laws. >> this was an act of trust, whether or not he actually misled the vice president with the issue and that was ultimately that led to the president asking for and accepting the resignation of general flynn, that's it, pure and simple. it was a matter of trust. >> general flynn's resignation is not the end of the story, it is merely the beginning, it is not the last chapter of this saga but only the first. his resignation raises more

questions than answers and the american people deserve to know the truth. maria: we are learning this morning that president trump was briefed on concerns about flynn two weeks before vice president mike pence found out he was misled. joining thus morning, former cia officer gary, gary, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us. >> good morning. maria: how does the administration get a handle on this situation, what do you think are the next steps? >> well, i think that i would refer people to an article yesterday that came out in the washington free beacon, where they are discussing where members of the obama security council organized a team of people to attack flynn and to set up sort of a infrastructure. it's kind of interesting that you have the former obama national security team doing a hand opening and doing infrastructure to attack the man that's going to replace them. general flynn admitted he made a mistake. there's been no violation of law. other administrations have had

individuals that have talked to other governments, you know, in the process and in the transition, he made a mistake. but, you know, he hasn't violated any law. people who may have violated the law were people that leaked the intercepts that were -- were between general flynn and the russian embassador. maria: right. >> that's a clear violation of law and if senator schumer wants to investigate, that's the best place to start. maria: that's exactly what we were saying yesterday. the fact is that there is some leak in the intelligence community, dagen. the intelligence community is undermining donald trump. how is it possible that the washington post knew exactly what went on in the michael flynn conversation with his russian counterpart? dagen: it's astonishing and frightening beyond words and description and something that the wall street warning editorial page does point out today, to tell readers how rare it is for intercepts involving private u.s. citizens to not only be leaked but apparently

myriad people in washington had read the transcripts. it goes against all protections of u.s. citizens. and the fact that michael flynn could have been targeted by members of the intelligence community for whatever reason, the journals suggest that if trump can -- there needs to be the -- they need to be disclosed and that trump should release the transcripts, assuming that they don't harm anybody. maria: how come so many former obama officers still work -- >> can i jump in? >> i want to point out one story that we reported last week on the great heels of reporting of the daily collar, three it specialists were fired from the state department because they accessed computers that they were unauthorized to do so and now they haven't been arrested yet because people are saying there could be much bigger

charges, treason and terrorism ties, they were making $160,000 a piece and they were like 20 year's old. >> let me just say this, historically it's not the intel community that leaks because all of our officers are polygraphed and interrogated on a regular basis on contacts with the press. it's usually the politicos at the white house, nfc or the congress where you have leaks, it's not the community usually, of course, there are community products, but those products, intel products get distributed among a number of players in washington, d.c. are not members of the communities that for other reasons get that and they are the people that have regular contacts with media. i met a journalist once on an operation out there and didn't deinvolve who i -- we stay away from journalists. dagen: as you well should.

[laughter] >> gary, it's steve here. i just we wanted to see what you think about something that's been said and brings truth to me, in a way it's worst than a leak, that word doesn't quite do justice to it because what's really going on here an effort to undermine not just flynn personally but the policy that he represented. >> yes. >> the policy to have elected government. >> y >> and so does that show that the -- what we talk about the intelligence agencies in that community in the sort of a general way, but does it show that a particular part of it has gone rogue and is trying to upset the policy of the elected administration, what does it really say? >> let me say what happened, after eight years in the obama administration, a number of individual who is came as political appointees appointees have shifted over to career status and so therefore it's going to be very, very difficult to get rid of them and they maybe fundamentally in their heart opposed to this

administration and maybe leaking to the former that brought them in and took care of them and so a number of obama people from the left are now career members and have made that transition from political appointees to career and they are going to have to send them over to national defense university to get rid of them from the agencies. maria: wow, it's not just flib, sources tell fox news that a broader investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia is ongoing. it includes other individuals close to the president, one former campaign chief paul manafort, what about that? >> the fact that there were individuals in the campian that have worked, many campaign people work around the world. the fact that some of the individuals worked in eastern europe, it makes it political difficult and, i think that the trump administration was wise to distance themselves from people that were on the ground in eastern europe running the campaigns. you know, there's corruption

going on. i know people that manage campaigns out there. i know one was a deputy manager when they lost the campaign, the campaign manager was murdered. these are the types of campaigns that most americans should stay away from. >> is this potentially in the first few weeks of the administration a bit of pr nightmare for the -- specially when it's russia on the table. >> the administration is going to have to lick its wounds with trump -- excuse me with general flynn, move on. they'll find someone else who is competent. they have kt who is competent. the thing is national security council is supposed to be doing drafting a national security strategy for the country. they are mandated under law to get this done in first 120 days, once that's done the pentagon can write a military strategy and the congress can start budgeting for national security plans for the country.

that's what they need to get down to work on. so all of this other stuff is noise right now. they have to get that nss national security strategy drafted. it's a legal requirement that the obama administration only did two out of the eight years in power. maria: how concerning is this? are we going to have four years of this where you will have undermining of the trump administration. >> he doesn't have his team in place right now. he's operating at a disadvantage. dagen: in terms of noise, nancy pelosi and elijah cummings publicly fell for a tweet. nancy pelosi going skate goat and it was a fake twitter account. maria: when they finally figured it out -- dagen: within 24 hours. maria: like a podium. dagen: fake tweet, congresswoman. [laughter]

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cofounder jock dorsey increasing stake in the company. dorsey tweeted out that he purchased nearly $7 million worth of stock. shares of twitter up one and two-thirds percent. cheryl casone with the details there on the health insurance companies that are not going forward. >> there's a lot going on in the sector, maria, another blow for the affordable care act and plans to replace it. humana is going to stop selling obamacare health policies starting next year. the reason mounting losses cost by sicker than expected consumers, other leading health plans have quit marketplaces over the last year because of losses and too big health insurance mergers have fallen a part on the heel offense this. etna and humana had to end 34 billion-dollar merger rather than appeal judge's decision.

cigna going to seek break-up fee and $13 billion in damages from anthem. anthem filed suit against cigna seeking a temporary restraining order to keep cigna from terminating the merger agreement. we get more news on the big story, of course, maria, we will bring it to you. violents in chicago to tell you about. a toddler killed in a drive-by shooting, the 2-year-old boy fatally shot in gang hit, the 26-year-old was a target, he was also killed. this comes after a few days two young girls were shot and killed in the same area of chicago. governor of illinois will push for funding for state troopers to combat the violence that's unraveling in chicago this year. well, another story for you this morning, new survey shows that mull inial drivers are the real highway hazards, the survey from triple a found 920% drivers, 19 to 24 having engaged in risky

behavior and get this, millennials acknowledge typing or sending e mailts, text messages twice as much as other drivers, 59% of millennials say that they do it, the study shows millennials are actually a lot more dangerous than drivers in other types of behavior as well. if you're a millennial if you're on the road, pull over, quit driving right now, you're scaring the rest of us. stop driving. if you want to combine your coffee and ice cream, starbucks is ahead of you, starting today the menu which is based on the italian expresso ice cream desert, a real thing in italy. high-end reserve bars that that are opening, 18 reserve bars, la, boston, some examples, they will be adding ice cream to menu, they will try to sell in orange county, california, a hundred stores, basically take different types of ice cream, hot cold coffee and combine it all together for a huge coffee buzz.

maria: yeah, we want that. thank you so much for, cheryl. we want to talk about the broken healthcare mergers. we have a lawsuit, they don't want to see this deal fold. >> we will see how it shakes out but mergers and acquisitions is good for business and when business puts capital at risk and put it is shareholders' capital at risk- >> mostly they turn out bad in the long run and certainly bad for consumers and one of the problems that we have too little competition in this sector and the fact that these big deals are falling apart, i mean, it's great news and we need more competition, more innovation and more new entrance and not the big -- >> they try to merge. maria: the lawsuit this morning

trying to stop the unraveling of the deal. we will continue looking at that. americans are moving at historically low rates an millennials might be the blame, we will tell you why, back in a moment

maria: welcome back, americans are moving tat lowest rate on record apparently reporting to new pew research. low rate is partly because millennials are moving significantly less than previous generations, they are moving less, what does that tell you in terms of the housing market? only 20% of 25 to 35-year-olds reported having lived at a differentia year ago. 26% of millennials, you put in different address in the year 2000. >> millennials coming from the financial crisis are going place

to place looking for work, now the skill labor market is becoming so tight and they are finding jobs and citying in cities, they are not moving as much. maria: some people are living at home. >> the parent's couch fep -- phenomena. >> affordability? >> the other is access. >> those two things connect? >> yes, low supply means there's demand and prices go up. >> a lot of that is regulatory. maria: that makes sense. >> the big developers can buy the land, sit on it, see the value go up. >> what's interesting is the big developer isn't the big player anymore it's small developers who -- they don't have the capital to wait and see the way big developers used to do.

dagen: how does it affect the economy in the next decade or so, particularly when you buy a new home, hugely stimulative to the economy with what you fill it, construction of it and what you fill it with. maria: home ownership is lowest level in 40 years. >> the home ownership is down for all generations as a matter of fact, so it's not just the young homeowners. the good news because i have to find silver lining here, existing homes when they are in the market are -- being cheaper than new homes. people are buying them and they are fixing them up. there's an entire television network for fixing up homes, forget about flipping. what's happened is they are going out and shopping, that's stimulating the economy. dagen: perpetuating that a pool adds a hundred thousand dollars to the value of home and kitchen. maria: you don't think the kitchen renovation adds to the value? >> it's never what the tv show what is they tell you.

>> when you take the habitable and -- [laughter] maria: making it nicer, better, that's not necessarily adding value? >> if you're in a competitive market like we are and prices are going up, it's hard to attribute that to whether or not the kitchen made a difference. dagen: right, exactly. maria: the housing strengthening in 2017 real quick? >> yes, assuming interest rates don't go higher than expected. maria: mitch there. just ahead, now you can plan your wedding straight from your smartphone, how the start-up is changing the game when it comes to the big day. next hour, mornings with maria back in a minute

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maria: good wednesday morning, thank you so much for being with us today. i'm maria bartiromo, it is wednesday february 15th, top stories right now 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. president trump for meeting with israeli meeting president netanyahu and before netanyahu boarded his flight, he also highlighted the long-standing relationship between the two countries. >> president trump and i see eye to eye on the dangerous on the region and also on the opportunities and we will talk about both as well as upgrading the relations between israel and the united states and many, many fields. maria: we've got the latest coming up ahead of the meeting, defense secretary mattis makes

first trip to europe to meet with key counterparts there. we will preview his meeting coming up. futures indicating a mixed opening this morning, the dow industrials looks to add to yesterday's record setter with another gain at the opening of trading this morning, the other averages close to the flat line. fellow reserve janet yellen set for second day of testimony. comments from yellen lifted stocks across the world n europe gains are pretty strong today. up about half a percent across the averages in the euro zone n. asia overnight, strong gains in japan and hong kong took a cue from wall street, record-setting performance yesterday as you see there. rough skies for harrison ford. the long-time pilot under investigation after he had a near miss with the passenger jet. kate upton, cover girl of the swim suit edition once again. this marks third cover for sports illustrated. more of the pictures coming up from sports illustrated this

morning. [laughter] maria: it's a boy, logan, first female doll. joining me to talk about it dagen mcdowell, former adviser to former british prime minister and fox news contributor steve hilt oan is here and fox news contributor robert. >> great to be here. >> great show, maria. maria: where do you start? where do you think we start, dagen? dagen: michael flynn. the big picture is do the problems in the administration right now, what does it do to the overall agenda that benefits americans because americans want to see results? maria: i don't think it's going to hurt the economic policies. in terms of national security, mike flynn's resignation impact

that? >> he really needs to win some big arguments with paul ryan and congress and i just point to one example n. the campaign trump rightly said on the corporate tax cut he was going to 15%, that is a big difference from the 20% that ryan wants. maria: that's right. >> that's a battle that he needs to win. he's going to win the bottles and the more he consumes in these sorts of fight, it makes it harder. dagen: i have a poll i will get to. hang on. maria: okay. >> i think it absolutely impacts the economic results because the intersection of geopolitical and economic risk is hand in hand and i think getting things done legislatively is going to get caught up in this last few weeks of chaotic -- maria: that's few weeks, that's how long he's been office.

inauguration was january 20th. we are february 15th. >> wow. i'm not even going to comment. it's like ground hog day. maria: judicial analysts judge andrew napolitano is here. kelly is with us and tennessee congresswoman marcia blackburn is here. the experts on longevity is here. we have a big hour coming up. president trump set to welcome netanyahu to talk about relations between the two countries and escalating tensions between israel and palestine. the white house will not insist on a two-state solution between israel and the palestinians, in sharp contrast to the obama administration's approach. message echos president trump's support for israel throughout

presidential campaign. listen. >> the palestinians must come to the table knowing that the bond between the united states and israel is absolutely totally unbreakable and they must come to the table willing to accept that israel is a jewish state and it will forever exist as a jewish state. maria: joining me right now the washington times columnist and fox news contributor charles hurt, charles, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us, your expectations of this meeting today? >> well, for starters, benjamin netanyahu could not have -- it's not a big difference to expect him to have a better relationship than he did with barack obama that. was a terrible relationship and so anything is an improvement over that with the new president, but in particular with donald trump, you know, the clip he played right there, i mean, have you ever heard a president, a politician speak so

forcefully like that and one of the things that was refreshing for people, we have been dealing with this issue for decades and decades and decades and nobody has shaken anything loose, nothing has changed. i think that donald trump very much layed down the marker that says, look, i don't believe the palestinians have been operating in good faith and but now you have to operate in good faith if you want to get something done and i think that that's -- maybe it doesn't solve it. it's probably impossible, maybe impossible to solve but at least it's something different and i think that that's worth something right there. >> hey, charles, it's robert. obviously we want peace in the middle east. i've been to israel multiple times and i'm just confused by what's going on in the last few weeks and one respect the president has really kind of hit netanyahu on increasing settlements and then obviously in the last 24 hours he talked

about maybe that doesn't need to be a two-state solution, that wasn't trump that came out of the white house where netanyahu has been the proponent in israel for two-state solutions as last presidents, it wasn't obama versus bush, how do you square that circle on hitting new settlements and then saying maybe there wouldn't be a two-state solution? how do you see it in. >> hey, i would love to say that there's a method to all the maddens that goes on. throughout the campaign with donald trump we saw that there often was a method to the maddens however crazy it got. there was a strategic thinking behind it. i sort of suspected in this case it might be, you know, they're having problems with message out of the white house obviously and by the way, we are three weeks down, 205 to go. that's an accomplishment of sorts. but, i think, that a lot of it -- i do think that it's a lot of

stepping on their own message right now, but i don't -- but the advantage to that is that donald trump's opponents never know, he's like a -- they never know the next punch that he's going to land and he use that is to advantage. he thrives. >> charles, what was interesting is during the confirmations of secretary of state, he was very clear that he is supportive of a two-state solution. they had dinner last night. i don't want to get into leaks but out of the white house there was a leak of not a two-state solution. i think it's going to be interesting when we see them today come out with a statement that maybe brings us all together. >> the key point here is something that trump said, i think, in the campaign and he's saying, wouldn't bit great to do

middle east peace, that would be the greatest deal ever. i think that's actually -- he sees it as the ultimate field and all of this is part of general approach to negotiation which is to say one thing and another until you get in the room it's all about the relationships. i just think that we -- possibly treating it the wrong way as if there's some kind of -- same diplomatic approach that we have seen tried in all the decades. maria: of course, jared kushner, senior adviser expect today play an important role in forging a better relationship. >> you know, people in washington, people at the state department are vested in this notion that only depo lo -- diplomats can come up with the solution. donald trump is very much not like that. no, we can figure it out. i will put my son-in-law. he's a smart guy. the truth is, if he does -- if he does manage to come up with a

solution, he can write a sequel to art of the deal. maria: to be clear, i have spoken with people on the other side, they see jared kushner as part of that group. i know that the president has spoken very highly of his son-in-law that he will be one of the leaders but it's a group, it's not just one person trying to do this. dagen: part of being a better friend to israel is being tough to iran which we have seen trump administration with additional sanctions because of missile launches. that is critical component to this. the missile that is russia has been launching, death to israel, death to america. maria: for sure. iran deal is one of the key conversation points that you're expecting, right, charles? >> absolutely. i believe that history will show that that iran deal will go down

as one of the biggest mistakes that we ever made and maybe we turn it around and maybe we don't, but that will turn out to be an absolutely proven and absolute disaster. one other thing that's important to keep in mind is that one of the things that gives people assurance about donald trump in a situation obviously he doesn't really -- this is not his expertise is some of the people that he's surrounded himself by. rex tillerson, james mattis, they are some of the most strategic outside of the box thinking sort of people and that -- and that's what probably is needed. maria: yeah, for sure. charles, thank you, thanks for weighing. breaking news right now. president trump just tweeted this. russian connection nonsense is merely an attempt to cover up many mistakes made in hillary clinton's losing campaign. look, we know that the russian narrative has been alive and well throughout the campaign, but what about that? >> listen, this is not going to

be looking to take sides. i think the russia situation is not republican or democratic thing, i think we are at the point where a lot of people on both sides on the hill right now feel like this is something we have to really take a hard look at. i don't -- you know, i'm not going to agree with the president, this is going back to the campaign. i think the wikileaks and that stuff is one part of it. i think the bigger part is what do we do today to make sure we understand the relationship between the u.s. and russia and how do we forge forward. dagen: russia is testing president trump just in the last couple of days, a spy ship off the east coast off of the coast of delaware, russia violating a nuclear treaty by moving nuclear ground launch cruise missiles and jets buzzing the uss porter in international waters off the coast of romania, all three of those things are signs of russia, what are you going to do about it president trump? >> that's right.

honestly, this -- all these craze conspiracy theories are beyond the point. i think he's basically right. this is about the campaign and trying to make an excuse to why they lost and the longer that they do, the better it is for republicans because it avoids the democrats actually asking the tough questions about why that campaign was such a total disaster. maria: is it working though? is that narrative working in the public opinion? >> i think it is. i think that -- maria: doesn't mean it's accurate. take a short break. coming up a midair close call for harrison ford. how the actor nearly crashed into a passenger airliner. american girl getting a play pal. it's a he. back in a minute

maria: real-life drama for harnlson ford to report. cheryl casone with the story. cheryl: yeah, maria. well, on monday the 74-year-old landed his single engine plane on a taxi way instead of the runway he was told to land on at john wayne airport in orange county.

the mistake a dangerous one. he passed directly over an american airlines jet ready to take off. ford asking traffic controllers, was the airline meant to be underneath me. faa is investigating, it's possible that he could lose pilot license. well, facebook is increasing pressure on companies specially cable companies, television networks and now it's launching an app for smart tvs that's going to let its users enjoy videos on a much bigger screen. the app is available for apple tv, samsung smart tvs and amazon fire sticks, the company says users can scroll through news feed and watch videos on their timeline. well, the big story today kate hudson, he's back, the model is gracing this area's cover of swim suit edition, annual issue. third time on the cover and

commemorate she gets three different covers this year. most cover appearances of any model, she's got five but kate upton seems to be popular. american girl meets american boy. the company behind the girl line selling first boy doll, logan everret. he has brown hair, wear it is hipster t-shirt and dark-washed jeans on, you can be the see them. the new edition comes after american girl sales were flat last year following a lot of years of growth for that company. maria, he's from nashville. he will be $115 in a store near you. that's the standard price and that comes with the book. just to give you all those extra details. maria: i love it. cheryl: i think he's cute. maria: it's great. >> on the harrison ford thing, we were talking about fake twitter accounts, somebody with a fake president trump account to annoy the liberal media, i'm

now appointing harrison ford head of the faa. dagen: there are a lot of fake trump accounts out there. maria: yeah, there are. you have to look at the spelling. house intelligence committee chairman david núñez is saying that those who leaked the contents of former national security adviser michael flynn phone call belong in jail. >> that's terrible. i don't understand -- i don't understand. these are fbi and cia supposedly, you know, they should be the most secretive of secret. maria: we don't know who leaked it. >> in the wall street journal there's a phrase which is critical, bureaucratic against the administration. dagen: multiple people read the transcripts of the conversation. this is a private citizen and these things don't get leaked. again, president trump should he

release -- should he release the transcripts assuming that nobody else is harmed by it, how far do you go, let's see -- maria: how do you root out the leakers? >> well, actually i was seeing yesterday and i'm not -- i'm not familiar with it. i think it's called a new app, one of these because of the laws under where you work in the white house, you to keep everything including text messages and everything, there's an app where they can text something and immediately deletes and so the question is supposedly everyone is using that app now. so it's -- maria: break in the intelligence community. they are definitely against donald trump. maria: disposable drones, we will talk to roberto about that. war remember buffet's big bet on apple. stock continues to hit highs,

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maria: we want to bring you the breaking news. president trump continue to go tweet this morning. here is what he's saying right now. information is illegally given to the failure new york times and warrant post by the intelligence community. nsa, and fbi question mark, just like russia. interesting that he is just getting this out there right now. basically saying, look, this is the intelligence community that is against me. and they are giving information to the new york times and the washington post. >> this is a good fightback by trump and i think it's smart and he should be doing it, this is actually a serious point about what's going on within the bureaucracy resisting the trump agenda.

it's all very well for citizens -- bureaucracy is suppose today work for the elected government. >> i would agree, although we have differences myself and panel on flynn situation. this situation is ten times worst, the public is reading things that they should not be reading and should make sure that the leaks somehow, okay, don't put us on fishing expeditions. everyone is chasing the conspiracy theories, i have a view. we are all reading different things. maria: look, flynn misrepresented the conversation to mike pence, the vice president. and so you can't lie and as a result -- dagen: that's what sean spicer said yesterday point-blank. he's calling for exhaustive investigation into the trump-russia connection.

well, let the leaks be part of that investigation. >> so mike warner, the intelligence, i think, judge napolitano knows better than anyone, more bipartisan than most committees in the sense that they act like almost as cochairs. maria: let me bring in senior analyst judge andrew napolitano. what's your take on all all of this? >> it's disturbing that a portion of the intelligence committee, similar to what was being argued was adverse to the president of the united states. this is not novel, it has happened in the past. my understanding with source that is speak with fox that the nsa in in ordinary course of business has been doing this for years and the russians know this. obviously their interest was peeked when they learned who was

on the other side of the phone call, there were a number of phone calls, i don't believe for a minute that the general was fired because he lied to mike pence. maria: you don't believe that? >> everyone steals and lies. maria: he lied to the vice president. >> let the judge finish. [laughter] >> that's not the reason, what do you think the reason was? >> i think there were forces in the government that not donald trump's government the permanent government, the people that are always -- the people that don't change and the intelligence is emblematic of this that feared general flynn's maverick donald trump nature of doing what donald trump wants to do and not what the intelligence community wants to do. i think mike pence understands that.

i think that the president understands that but they just decided to show the president what they could do to his administration by taking out a major player. they took out a bishop or a very significant player in donald trump's administration whose background in intelligence is extraordinary but is a maverick, not a team player. that's what donald trump is. that's what donald trump wanted. that's what donald trump got in general flynn and now he doesn't have that. maria: what should he do about it? >> it's too late now because general flynn is gone. i don't know if he's appropriate for this role. the president has to make that decision but when i woke up yesterday morning that most of us who were asleep the general had departed, i was personally crushed at this because i am familiar with his instincts and his thinking and his maverick ways and perfectly suitable to

donald trump. who in the government wants to teach the president a lesson, whoever these people are with respect to general flynn, they succeeded. dagen: would we ever find out who that person is, who they are and is that important? >> okay, you were talking earlier, dagen about an investigation. there are legitimate investigations, lying to fbi is considered a serious issue, ask martha stewart. we don't know what general flynn said to the fbi, we don't know until two days ago, we still don't know if the interrogation took place after he was in the white house or while he was a private citizen and still on the transition team. dagen: doesn't have to be under oath. >> correct. a felony to lie to the fbi. the penalty is the same as if you were under oath.

the other issue is the 17.99 statute, we had just broken away from you people. 1799. they were worried that thomas jefferson was conducting his own foreign policy. he was the president and didn't talk to the president. inconsistent with the president, prohibiting people not authorized to do so from conducting foreign relations with another country. not a single human being has ever been prosecuted under this statute in the entire time that it's been in existence. he told the russians, well, the president has put obama sanctions on, president trump will probably look differently upon these sanctions after january 20th, didn't the russians know that already? dagen: sean spicer made the point, we lost trust in him but what he did according to

counsel, it wasn't -- >> that adds up to the story. i think there's an even deeper point here. you talked about the deep state, the deep state is not just in the error of security and intelligence, it's thruit the bureaucracy. >> correct. >> all areas of policy trump quite rightly is going to challenge the thinking of the last few decades that has failed in economic policy, on education, welfare, i hope he's going to do that. i think we can expect more of this from different bits to have government and he's got to fight back hard. >> meaning more elbows in the president's rib. absolutely, i couldn't agree with you more. the deep state is not just intelligence, it's banking, it's law enforcement, it's the -- maria: he can't fire those people? >> right. maria: why don't they ever change? >> because the laws have been

written to keep them in power. >> judge, what do you think they can do about this leaking within the intelligence community? it's gone way past -- >> the leaking of the existence of the transcripts or the substance of them? >> the existence. maria: all right. >> after the break. maria: judge andrew napolitano, we will be right back i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. both made me turn around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis

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maria: welcome back. coast guard has suspended the trip for that coast guard -- for the chrissy ship passenger that fell overboard. they captured the 24-year-old of georgia falling overboard from the 11th the deck around 245 in the morning. the wife reported him missing when the ship reached the island six hours later. after covering nearly 1400 miles over nine hours that search was called off. you may not have noticed but things are better last year for air travel. the number of canceled flights declined in 2016 and the number of lost bags also went down. sure was just under 12 -- 1.2 percent.

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he goes on to say this, information, is being illegally given to the failing new york times poshth brost by intelligence community. and nsa fbi question marks? just like russia, bored tax battle continues making a case against any tax at the border on imports they will argue will make prices higher companies will have to raise prices a closer look, at that, happening. while taxes a top priority, obamacare house leadership emphasizing the importance of changes to the affordable care act. >> so we are focused on repealing obamacare replacing it, with the tax reforms that return controls to the states so they can taylor health care to their needs, and restores free market so americans just have more choices, instead of fury choices we want our health care to be truly competitive.

>> insurers should compete for business treat you fairly more focused on lowering costs for families would be of the biggest failures obamacare is that it is made health care more unnational unabout accessible for about unabout accessible. >> double-digit increases. >> fox news polls on health care in america coming up future of retirement new report says 81% of people do not know how much they will immediate to fund their golden years we are you talking longevity retirement this morning, futures a mixed opening today dow industrials expected up adding on to yesterday's record high close at the overages close to the flat line or negative -- chairwoman janet yellen set for second day of congressional testimony today, yesterday, she told the house financial services committee, that the central bank may consider raising interest rates at next meeting she suggested that comments lifted toxin europe gains across the board, take a look at eurozone

right now indices up -- i asia overnight strong gaups as japan and hong kong mistook queue from wall street rallies better than 1% first flying car hits the market how much this new ride will cost you, would you take a ride? in a flying car we will tell you about all those stories coming up this morning joining me to talk all about it fox business network dagen mcdowell, former adviser former british prime minister david cameron, steve hilton here 32 advisors ceo fox night krblt robert, great to see you -- >> lot going on lots to talk about i think it is great we are focusing on obamacare we were focusing on the economic agenda, this new administration, and across the board, what is happening, is that really going in there to try and shake things up the flynn story connects to that you are seeing rinse from within bureaucracy the same interests running things

without interruption so long don't like when it someone comes in to try to shake things up. dagen: new fox news poll what is important cutting taxes number one 52% when asked if trump doing things that will help your family, yes, with 47%, no with 48%. maria: wow, huh. >>. dagen: you have to get on what helps america. >> some say as discussed in the party repealing replacing obamacare one of the biggest tax cuts of them all. >> that is number two on agenda -- >> if first 100 days -- >> i think for us we always say god look at stock market that means, you know, the first -- you know, last two months rb great markets up the truth is with stock market going up 10%, it doesn't pass down to wages, it doesn't actually hit the pocketbook so at the end of the day, what we need to see is some policy being done. >> for sure. >> we have not seen it i think the tax cuts, i think we will see tax cuts, much more

concept on tax reform. >> but just to be fair, alan greenspan looks at something woe wealth effect he believes when stock market goes up people spend more joining the conversation is tennessee congressman marsha blackburn age way founder ceo ken with us talking about aging longevity. >> sxhoouven singer thor this have life i live is with us as well host of "varney & company" stuart varney will weigh in don't miss a moment a big show do stay with us, right here we kick it off this hour with tax reform on agenda tournament pr meets with he largest ceos in washington this morning, blake burman covering the story at what do yous right now, with the latest, blake, good morning. >> maria, good morning to you as well we have seen the leaders of one industry after the next roll in to the whigs over the last few weeks, and later, it is the ceos of the retail industry will get their turn, with the president.

a couple hours from now, the ceos meeting with president trump will include, target, jc penney best buy gap to name a few according to the to the white house what is on agenda for today, talk about tax reform, infrastructure, and investments, of course, this meeting comes after president trump said last wooing that a major tax reform package is coming soon. >> lowering the overall tax burden on american biggest that is coming along very well, with way ahead of schedule i believe, and we are going to be announcing something i would say over the next -- two or three weeks that will be phenomenal in terms of those of tax. >> when you look at ceos companies that are coming in these are folks who largely opposed the possibility of a border adjustment tax wormed in overall larger tax package that, of course, would have effect on imports, and this group will meet with the

president in a couple hours will meet at some opponent today with congressman ten brady the republican who chaired the house ways and maenz committee that is very note will he is the one is disappear heading test for the pocket of this border you adjustment tax. maria: thank you blake burman latest there trump administration also taking on obamacare, coming as senator rand paul reportedly left meeting with he fellow senate republicans on affordable care act according to "politico" he left the meeting saying the legislation does not work watch this. >> when i am home i can't tell you how many families, how many small businesses, how many patients, have been hurt by the affordable care act. they are being forced into plans they captain afford they don't want frankly damages them, i fully recognize respect, the strong feelings that people have about this issue, we should be passionate about this issue, it is about people's lives. maria: joining us right now tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn thanks so much for

unioning us. >> sure. >> senator paul was apparently unhappy with prospect keeping obama medicaid expansion, now i spoke with rand paul last week on sunday, and he believed his plan is the plan, that will work but does not include that, president trump campaigned replacing the entire affordable care act now republicans are pushing back on keeping parts of the lay what do you want to see happen. >> maria, i think the thing to do is to execute a repeal do as much as we can possibly do, through reconciliation utilize secretary price and 1400 allowances that the secretary has given the power, to make those health care decisions, and affordable care act. so that is delegated to the secretary pull down the rest then get back to patients centered health care. provide more options, open up

the health insurance marketplace, look at three components, health insurance, i delivery of care reimbursement of that care to the providers, and make certain our providers are made whole, and that people have more options not fewer options networks are able to broaden back out so individuals can get the care they needed. >> i think, that -- all of that sounds great messaging we heard yesterday from rand and others soundeded great to me this o the question i've got for you you know very well, what scan we expect in terms of the -- the specifics of the plan who is actually going to present that? going to come from pricey from you -- will you do it together -- when expect it. >> yes, you can go back to 2010, we've had provisions that are there, i have had the across state line purchase of health insurance bill since

2009. you have chairman walden from energy and commerce, my can he, and chairman brady from ways and means the tax committee bringing forward the components. making certain, that we open this marketplace back up, that we get in here and we look at some of the problems, that exist, that people wanted if i could back in 2010. things like portability able to own their own insurance policy, being able to take it where they go transparency in cost of care, and delivery, and there are transparency tools in the marketplace. utilization of telemedicine making certain that there is a reimbursement structure through cms for that that allows our rural health care entities to triage individuals where they are rather than having to transport them to a fast and incur that inconvenience and cost. maria: we want to move on to

this border tax proposal because this is creating debate within washington, as well as the country. doable a tax reform package will happen within the first 200 days will we see what this plan looks like? do you expect it to be implemented second half of the year, to include a border tax. >> yes, do i think that you are going to see the legislation come forward, and probably the individual he go lowe maria i think that is what will end up doing first all were talking about income and getting that take-home pay for individuals you do that so people can reset their with holdings with legislator rates i think the business tax component will come next. i am not fan of the border tax, i have two of my constituents companies tractor supply company and autozone that will be in that meeting with the president today. i think that this is a tax

that ends up getting passed to the consumer i think we need to find a a better way to dlaefs. >> you are not fantasy dagen. dagen: why did speaker ryan, and congressman brady put it in republican tax reform bill or ideas, last year? >> i -- you know, i don't know why they chose to move forward with that. i know they are seeking to find a way to equalize a treatment i am not a fan of, knowing that some of the retail companies there are others in tennessee but two i mentioned, with the president today, did -- they feel like, it is with becomes a compliance issue for them i will give you another example dagen. a small retailer in my district lifestyle store, went around, items made from 20 countries were in that store. their question to me am i now

responsible for all of of this? and how would i handle that? >> so i -- i think with more people doing direct importing it does become a different issue and something we need to be very thoughtful on not my choiceo choice how we would move forward. >> will you able able to get rid of it? >> we will see, the business portion i think is still there are going to being looking at that i hope we move forward on marginal rates would help with llcs, pass-through entities gets rates loader let people weset with holdings. >> what market has gone been expecting thank you so much marsha, of course, you were on the president obama's export council. >> i think the border tax gets passed to the consumer we are 75% consumer driven this is really a debate that is

happening between the manufacturing who wants exports to increase, versus, a lot of the consumer retail companies that don't want to see tax on imports, because they know it gets passed through, i actually agree with the congressman, i do not think we will see, a tax reform plan, she didn't say it that way but what she said we are going to see tax cuts, i think the problem is we are going to see tax cuts then increase military spending infrastructure spending, and then president said he is going to protect social net medicare managed social security i am very nervous about direction a complete overhaul of tax reform against a tax cut -- >> the big -- will really get growth going bringing home -- >> i agree. >> also, no won is for lowering at the corporate tax rate. >> have i just don't think that will happen, that kwieblth. maria: a short break, we will

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congresswoman the congresswoman. maria: welcome back, president trump tweeting again this morning here is what he is saying the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by intelligence like candy, very un-american. and that, of course, is conversation we've been all morning leaks to the times and "washington post", about what went on mike flynn's phone call, to his russian

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resignation. . longevity future of retirement in america a report says 81 people do not know how much money they will need to fund their golden years, joining me right now fox business network exclusive, is bank of america managing director, age finder ceo good to see you. thank you so much for joining us ken we followed your incredible work, on aging longevity tell us do you

believe a big number of people today will live beyond 100. >> i do. keep in mind two-thirds of all people ever lived past 56 entire history of the world are alive today, so longevity already upon us but in decades to come going to see more breakthroughs so a lot of our kids, living 120, 150 would be the be outrageous. >> i love about your writings work looking at implications to that what that may do for people getting married, and staying married, and, you know, work. >> you are going to see more 60 year olds falling in love 75 years old going on rock tours 70 year olds deciding to run for president 85 year olds running companies. >> i love that. >> you are also going to see work we have done with merrill lynch has been showing think about how do i pay for extra years. >> how do you pay nor if you weren't planning entire life to live beyond 100, you were

80, 90, 100 beyond out of cash. >> thank you -- we are living he longer, and when we talk about money in the abstract, much do i theyed in the bank people can't relate to it but in our study, we identified that clients want to think how they live lives what are priorities, so health priority, working maybe after retirement about priority, what kind of homes live in a priority if you talk to clients, in terms of those priorities, all of a sudden they come alive can i make course correction, so in terms of topic relatable years than how much money in bank. >> you consider you may need health care as you -- age, you may need someone to live with you so you will need more money to support your existing sxhiment. >> absolutely, and in terms of

priorities, the number one concern no surprise is health, health is number one, people really think about when i plan for retirement longer life, thinking about dimensions of health care. >> fascinating ken one interesting trend that you have spoken about even if people want to live longer will live longer want to work longer they don't want to stay in the same job necessarily, but they want to change but not necessarily going to go to hammock. >> exactly citizens to we have been conducting over four years asked preretirees what do you think you will miss when you stop working they thought the check but we asked thousands what do you miss the most they miss action the stimulation, they miss the reason get up in the morning, they don't want to work full-time i think we are going to see more audio more and in other 60s , 70s part-time work driving or uber lyft starting their business. >> to go what they want.

>> highest rate of entrepreneurial success in america last dictated has been people over 55 basically walk away from one career, and then act out dreams of an find themselves very successful i think you are going to see more of that kind of taking a second shot at life taking n core at your career also, that allows you to have some more money, and to build your nest egg longer period. >> 73% of the folks that we surveyed said they want to continue working maria to your point, that is on their terms flexibility things they want to work on, inside that, 40%, said they would like to start a business, and would like to get skills to be able to do so, so financial education even later life pretty important consideration. >> really important that is right, let me ask you about what you would attribute longevity aging better to over last 20 years i worked a lot

dr. creating a ventor one who masked genome i roam talking to him saying okay, now here we are 25 years later we have -- got genome know lot more about bodies what causes hart disease eating differently we know smoking causes cancers do you attribute that partly to the longevity or that is next phase. >> i think that is what is coming in fact, craig just opened up a new company longevity inc maria: yes, i know. >> to wipe out aging altogether for those can afford it want it that is another question, how long would people like to live, mostly what people say like to live long enough if they have quality don't want to have dementia something has to be concerned, so thank the break here is going to come from genomic roche the ability to do to some cell territorialiti treatments the next about parting millennials beneficiaries of that the test generation with

rather to longevity therapies. >> what do you think that we're seeing today not largely mapping of -- gene onl. >> litigious child hooded mortality antibiotics, diseases wiped out cardiovascular medication better distribution of foods healthier lifestyles all those kind of things what is coming is biotech revolution science fiction. >> don't forget technology as well think of prosthetics, today nothing are going to be in future imagine a robotic prosthetic sensors, analysis of people -- better than natural limbs, intelligent plus going to -- >> this is fascinating quick before you go, ken in terms of longevity when it comes to the mind, the mapping of the genome we have learned about mind we didn't know, about

alzheimer's autism 10 years ago where are we in that in terms of getting closer to a cure? >> you have been vocal on -- >> i think we are -- in popcorn in mike wave in there start to pop we haven't seen breakthroughs yet we have to see more breakthroughs to brain health none of us wants to live a long life without with minds coming along with us. maria: ken quick, in terms of -- quick in terms of how you make shufr you in money for golden years. >> yeah, so again, it is about course direction if you say i need this much money -- but if you say can i make adjustments to what i adjustments to how i work, in terms of supplemental income and adjusting expenses, that is the to solve -- >> fascinating. >> one last thing you are going to see more and more people, down shifting their homes, down shifting lives,

similar flying living may be roommates moving with kids moving in with friends to have less money, but live a good life in the later years i think all kinds of innovations that direction. >> you said like biotech, is likes science fiction thank you. we appreciate it see you soon fascinating appreciate you sharing it coming up the new push to put kid rock in the senate as large as dunk for gatorade sports drink reshaping the nba dwooment league. back in a moment right here with "mornings with maria". did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? fortunately there's a bed where you both get what you want every night. enter sleep number and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. and right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed.

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sure. . . maria: good wednesday morning welcome back. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, february 15 thanks for joining us top stories right now 8:30 own east coast fallout over general michael flynn continues details over the former national security adviser conversation wp russian ambassador lawmakers want an investigation into leaks. >> national security is perhaps the most important function or responsibility a president has and i think the president made the decision is to ask for resignation you cannot have a inaudible security adviser mispleadeding vice president and others i think the president was right to ask for resignation. >> we are a fight in a fight, for the soul of our democracy. >> republicans need to join is this is not a democratic issue this is not a republican

issue, it is not in independent issue this is an american issue. for the soul of our democracy. >> president trump fighting back, the backlash tweeted this morning, quote the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by intelligence like candy very un-american, amid acts of aggression from russian sending spy ship near u.s. east coast deploying a baned missile, the tensions coming up. breaking news in health insurance circulatory anthem filing a lawsuit against cigna for terminating merger agreement between companies details coming up stocks off another record high looks like we will see the dow industrials have it another record at open we got january retail sales numbers out, up 4 ab/10 of a% above expectations retail sale january up 4/10 of a percent a reading on he consumer prices up 6/10 of a percent cpi kid rock no longer wants to be a cowboy baby rock

star reportedly considering taking his talents to capitol hill, plus joyner of music love faith great many award win country singer with us this morning, coming up, the fall oath over general michael flynn's resignation flynn no prolonger alone in spotlight you sources tell fox news a barriered investigation into trump campaign associates and caucus wrurn ongoing, that includes other individuals, close to the president, one is former campaign chief paul manafort president trump pushed back this morning tweeting, this russian connection none seines is merely an attempt to cover up the many mistakes made in hillary clinton's losing campaign. he goes on to say information is being illegally given to the failing new york times and "washington post", by the intelligence community. nsa fbi question marks? just like rirussian. >> creates good to see you your take. >> didn't put a o, clamation point i don't think carries

same a wet as -- this is old news, kind of. confirmed smog we had known that yes, in fact there is an ongoing investigation, into the connections paul manafort connections to russia and putin are unquestioned everybody knows that, and as manafort told "new york times" i felt kind of funny told "new york times" not like russian intelligence agency guys wear badges how do you know may be i dealt with them maybe i didn't manafort known examine commodity there is investigation going on what this advances multiple points of contact how series they were, how big of a deal this was who knows but certainly the timing of it adds to the furor around flint. >> chris it is i dagen mcdowell with what is going on with michael flynn with the incredibly troubling leaks from what was basically intercepts of conversation evolving a private u.s.

citizen how much does all of this get in the way of pushing the agenda from the top administration, that will really bear fruit for individual americans and i am talking about tax cuts i am talking about getting rid of obamacare. >> let me put it in a different light. this is quite normal. the subject matter feelsed a mile-an-ho admirable this is quite normal when administration gets started, people you make errors in judgment the people you choose. that happens to every president it happened to barack obama in one day, he lost the two key appointees over tax trouble had to do it i would say for donald trump error in judgment choosing michael flynn people warned him about flynn, flynn not telling truth about contacts with cell lin kremlin people, then he confirmed suspicions trump had to let him go i would say say this not that big of a deal unless there is

trump is wrong unless not telling the truth there is more here, this is not that big of a deal this is a personnel mistake rectified in early going no big deal. >> chris this is robert. it seems that with senator mccain, and senator graham and others who look at defense foreign intelligence on behalf of gop therefore the country seems like this investigation will be expanded do you think there will be enough noise to forfeits a select committee on this? >> well --, there is a couple ways this can go not knowing faction i can't guess if just political burn here you will see democrats continue to pressure democrats -- pressure potential select committee, if trump administration can't put it to rest the other possibility though this is what the -- people team trump should hope for, that the president and his team said we want a full physical a clean this up we are going to make sure the president directs,

his attorney general a that he directs head of cia go through this we need fine-tooth comb look for anything looks suspicious any payment call transaction anything tell us what is there we will get rid of anybody i who has a problem then a clean bill of health. >> quickly ask you whether you think the flynn thing is isolated or whether washington establishment bureaucracy see it as early victory you sense weakness try to pick off other people that -- he the trump agenda. >> every president goes through this moment. the question is how do you respond, yes, the bureaucracy fights back, yes, the other party fights back yes these people dig in heels. flynn so we have to remember flynn was an -- reflects error in judgment on trump's part every president makes that error the question is how do you respond, and are you nimble can you adapt the best thing trump really has going for him right now is that in general mattis as secretary of

defense tillerson secretary of dedicate pompeo cia, he has a team around him that can move the ball and push back, and continue to advance agenda on national security i think if he listens to them will get through this just fine. >> chris great yain site as always thanks so much, joining us there, coming up battle over border tax stuart varney willaway in a retail ceos head to who is a today to make their case against any tax on the imports. >> we talk about life and love after the loss of a quite a few the incredible story back in a moment. diminishable.

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so how old do you want uhh, i was thinking around 70. alright, and before that? you mean after that? no, i'm talking before that. do you have things you want to do before you retire? oh yeah sure... ok, like what? but i thought we were supposed to be talking about investing for retirement? we're absolutely doing that. but there's no law you can't make the most of today. what do you want to do? i'd really like to run with the bulls. wow. yea. hope you're fast. i am.

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looking at higher mixed reactor really dow industrials expected another record at open -- fractionally couple names watching this morning anthem the insurance company, has fueled a lawsuit cigna a temporary restraining order to keep it from terminating agreements between two companies cigna i noticed anthem it plans to end deal after we saw the other health care insurance merger pull back that was, of course, aetna humana yesterday, and then, cigna pulled out eye on pepsico reporting beat on earnings reached teal with nba will rename development league nba gatorade or gn league after gatorade plan for multiple years. >> rift over border tax continues retail ceos meeting with president trump joining

us stuart varney with more on that good morning to you. >> i think this meeting is very important, not just for the he retailers i think it is very important for the whole concept of tax reform. the basic issue when retailers are meeting the president on, is the border tax, the bored adjustment tax call it what you like, it is a tax on imports. the retailers hate this because they stoppabling shelves from stock overseas price goes up retailers in trouble they have got a big enough challenge from online sellers amazon to start with, but bigger than that, what this proposal is for border tax, is to shift america's taxation a little bit away from taxing what we earn, more towards taxing what we buy. from an income tax to a consumption taxes that is the heart this have proposal when push comes to shove in are votes there to push through a border tax my

position at the moment. maria: we will see about that we have been talking about that all morning, but this is a real debate going down to the wire stu i know you have more about it in 10 minutes see you stop of the to our stuart coming up next before that inspiring story behind the gospel grammy winner a year after losing wife to cancer he tells us how he is keeping his wife alive. back in a moment.

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>> i wish it was me. >> a great life. she said, if it was you it would be nobody to write about it. write it. and we do. >>. >>. maria: a look at incredible documentary distributed by country music star rory, honoring his late wife and musically party joey died march last year after two year battle with terminal karps joins with us this life i live one man portrays extraordinary ordinary life woman changed it forever came out yesterday the 15th anniversary of first is date with his wife good to see you, sir. thank you for joinings you so much to talk about, you just won the gospel he grammy, you are looking at the one year later after the death, what

are memories of that day. >> the day she passed away. >> last two years. >> well, most of them have been amazing even in tend a very long good-bye it couldn't have been better for being terrible it was prior to that time amazing, we went home to indiana to visit family stayed five months, she passed away last march my little girl and i indiana drove home home since then in tennessee. >> i am glad you mentioned your daughter very honest about your daughter about marriage you said your marriage wasn't al perfect what marriage is perfect but what lessons do you want readers to take away from your story. >> i think that that magic is possible first off it is possible -- and that some of the biggest obstacles can be

overcome the only way faith we were able to overcome them. >> you write about joey inspiration not only to you but so many people tell us about her why such an inspiration. >> well, my wife you know lived the life in a particular way she knew what was most important and she lived it every day not just some things good in the very end when in her last weeks of life, and had been in the hospital bed for months, she is planting seeds eggshells to grow back in our garden because she wants to raise good food for her baby and husband to eat. those are all the kind of things that she did every day, of her life they didn't change, and so also her hope right to the very end even though it was a terrible struggling for her she went through a lot. she remained positive. she made me smile worked hard to make me smile i don't know

how she did. >> it her faifaith, an importan role. >> i saw e-mail she wrote to friends february 23 a we can 1/2 before she passed away things she said will last, forever change me so amazing. and so her example to others, especially to me, and our family, is incredible. >> the things that you did, were also incredible memorable, in the final months or year of her life, you recorded her, in many ways, before the death both of you recorded a gospel album won grammy award tell us about the blog how hard it was for you to be filming her in final months in of her life. >> well, we decided to take a year off, in the beginning of 2014 we were going to be having a baby, we thought we

would just stay home simplify our lives stop playing music for a while i was going to dominate it writing a blog i had not done before and filming our lives more and more quickly our life turned into something different than expected we had this little one different than expected my wife diagnosed with cancer, and i filmed all the way through it took pictures i blogged i told her story. so that had been going on a year and a half before cancer returned before the time came when we said enough was enough going to live out final days was my wife's choice, to live it out in the blog and let me write about it she wanted us to share the story, and be encouragement to others, it really wasn't different than anything we had done before just that lots more people were paying attention. >> sure were when you record that had album said to you if

we win a grammy go to grammy awards. you went how did you feel walking on that stage, to receive your award? >> well i was with her father jack martin, and that was an honor, because he was playing guitar for her years and years before i ever did, but one of my favorite parts was to be on the stage, knowing that she had told me, last year, before she passed away you know, if we win grammy award i am going to know before you will so that was -- pretty special. >> how special that is, congratulations to you. is there overriding message you want our viewers to take away from her life from the book? >> i don't know that there is overriding message. >> she has a legacy. >> yes other than hope, hope is a beautiful thing. >> it sure is great to have you on the program condolences, of course, she is probably watching down with that grammy that you have. >> i believe she is. >> on heels of your beautiful

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>> all right. final thoughts from our all-star panel right now, robert wolf. >> well, it will be an interesting day in d.c. today with the border tax stuff and the flynn stuff and everything else and twitter going on, it's 24/7. maria: sure is. >> i'm encouraged we're talking

about the economy and what he needs to get jobs. >> is trump doing things to help your family. so get on that agenda. maria: get on the economic agenda. always a pleasure, have a great day, everybody. "varney & company" begins now, here is stuart. stuart: maria, thank you very much indeed. a chaotic administration, so far investors don't care. how long will that last? good morning, everyone, what did the president know and when did he know it? that is the kind of question the white house is now facing, chaotic indeed. reports today about the trump's teams contact with russia before the election. there's a fbi investigation into what general flynn said to russia's ambassador. vice-president pence reportedly kept in the dark. and as for the president's he's been tweeting out a strong defense. it's a political firestorm. investors want to know if it